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Student finance and universal credit HELP!

Hi I just want to know how much universal credit deduct from you if your a full time student, I am a single mum of 2 and over 25, I’ve applied for SFE and they’ve said I’m entitled to the following;

Maintenence loan £6647
Maintenence loan (higher) £7910
Parent’s learning allowance £1963
Childcare costs up to £331.95 a week for two or more children

My maximum entitlement to universal credit is £1872.57, they’ve told me Maintenence loan is classed as income they will divide it over the academic year approx 10 months and the special support element is disregarded as well as parents learning allowance and any childcare grants, they've also stated £110 will be disregarded for any books travel etc, I’m confused as to how much the special support element will be disregarded from the amount above and how much I’ll roughly get, please help!!!!

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